Vinodh A. Kumar, M.D.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Porcu M, Cocco L, Kumar VA, Suri JS, Mahammedi A, Marrosu F, Saba L. Differential tractography suggests a "left-to-whole" white matter degeneration pattern in aging. Brain Imaging Behav 20(2), 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41842972.
2. Muir MT, Noll K, Patel R, Prinsloo S, Michener H, Kumar VA, Ene C, Ferguson S, Weinberg JS, Lang F, Taylor BA, Prabhu SS. Toward data-driven surgical planning: multimodal mapping correlates of aphasic surgical deficits. J Neurosurg 144(2):324-335, 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41135113.
3. Al Qudah H, D Hamilton J, A Gubbiotti M, Msherghi A, Salim HA, Alizada S, Liu HL, Kumar VA, Wintermark M, Eldaya RW. Imaging features of high-grade astrocytoma with piloid features: A single center case series. Neuroradiol J:19714009251395689, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41239912.
4. Teo JM, Kumar VA, Khalaf AM, Noll KR, Ferguson SD, Ene CI, Prabhu SS, Wintermark M, Liu HL. Probabilistic template matching for detecting resting-state functional MRI language network in brain tumor patients. Med Phys 52(11):e70138, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41231662.
5. Qudah HA, Hamilton JD, Gubbiotti MA, Msherghi A, Salim HA, Alizada S, Liu H, Kumar VA, Wintermark M, Eldaya RW. Imaging features of high-grade astrocytoma with piloid features: A single center case series. The Neuroradiology Journal, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
6. Muir MT, Noll K, Prinsloo S, Michener H, Traylor JI, Kumar VA, Ene CI, Ferguson S, Liu HL, Weinberg JS, Lang F, Taylor BA, Forkel SJ, Prabhu SS. Preoperative Brain Mapping Predicts Language Outcomes After Eloquent Tumor Resection. Hum Brain Mapp 46(15):e70340, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41099461.
7. Muir MT, Noll K, Traylor JI, Patel R, Kumar VA, Prabhu SS, Hou P, Liu HL, Stafford RJ, Taylor BA. Resectability of White Matter Tracts in Patients With Language-Critical Gliomas. Neurosurgery, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41090910.
8. Ene, CI, Silva, E, Noll, KR, Bradshaw, ME, Connelly, K, Liu, HL, Tummala, R, Ferson, D, Lang Jr, FF, Kumar, VA. Language mapping during awake brain surgery in a deaf patient with a brain tumor. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons 9(18), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40324327.
9. Lam K, Ozkizilkaya HI, Milton DR, Dono A, Liu Y, Kundu S, Kumar VA, Johnson JM, Esquenazi Y, Patel CB, Ballester LY. Molecular alterations in IDH-mutant astrocytoma: A multi-institutional retrospective study. Neurooncol Adv 7(1):vdaf088, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40575414.
10. Noll KR, Bander ED, Chen HS, Bradshaw M, Wefel JS, Kumar VA, Prabhu SS, Liu HL. Changes in functional connectivity are associated with functional independence in the early postoperative period following awake surgical resection of language-eloquent glioma. Neurooncol Adv 7(1):vdaf192, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 41019665.
11. Vachha BA, Kumar VA, Pillai JJ, Shimony J, Tanabe J, Sair HI. Resting-State Functional MRI: Current State, Controversies, Limitations, and Future Directions-AJR Expert Panel Narrative Review. AJR Am J Roentgenol 225(3), 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39660823.
12. Gule-Monroe M, Chasen N, Long JP, Kumar VA, Shah K, Chen M, Stafford J, Chung C, Wintermark M, Hou P, Sura E, Wang C, Weinberg J, Liu HL. Diagnostic Confidence of Contrast-Enhanced T1-Weighted MRI for the Detection of Brain Metastases: 3D FSE-vs. 3D GRE-Based Sequences. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 46(6):1231-1237, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39572196.
13. Teo JM, Kumar VA, Lee J, Eldaya RW, Hou P, Jen ML, Noll KR, Wei P, Ferguson SD, Prabhu SS, Wintermark M, Liu HL. Probabilistic Presurgical Language Functional MRI Atlas of Brain Tumor Patients. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 45(11):1798-1804, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38889968.
14. Yadav D, Upadhyay R, Kumar VA, Chen MM, Johnson JM, Langshaw H, Curl BJ, Farhat M, Talpur W, Beckham TH, Yeboa DN, Swanson TA, Ghia AJ, Li J, Chung C. Additive Value of Magnetic Resonance Simulation Before Chemoradiation in Evaluating Treatment Response and Pseudoprogression in High-Grade Gliomas. Pract Radiat Oncol 14(6):e449-e457, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38685448.
15. Dagher SA, Liu HL, Ozkara BB, Calle S, Kaya D, Gule-Monroe MK, Chasen NN, Schellingerhout D, Learned KO, Shah KB, Johnson JM, Sun J, Schomer DF, Kumar VA, Wintermark M, Majd NK, Nam JY, Chen MM. The Impact of MRI-Based Advanced Neuroimaging on Neurooncologists' Clinical Decision-Making in Patients With Posttreatment High-Grade Glioma: A Prospective Survey-Based Study. AJR Am J Roentgenol 223(4):1-15, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39140632.
16. Lee J, Kumar VA, Teo JM, Eldaya RW, Hou P, Noll KR, Ferguson SD, Prabhu SS, Liu HL. Comparative analysis of brain language templates with primary language areas detected from presurgical fMRI of brain tumor patients. Brain Behav 14(6):e3497, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38898620.
17. Lee J, Chen MM, Liu HL, Ucisik FE, Wintermark M, Kumar VA. MR Perfusion Imaging for Gliomas. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 32(1):73-83, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38007284.
18. Kumar VA, Lee J, Liu HL, Allen JW, Filippi CG, Holodny AI, Hsu K, Jain R, McAndrews MP, Peck KK, Shah G, Shimony JS, Singh S, Zeineh M, Tanabe J, Vachha B, Vossough A, Welker K, Whitlow C, Wintermark M, Zaharchuk G, Sair HI. Recommended Resting-State fMRI Acquisition and Preprocessing Steps for Preoperative Mapping of Language and Motor and Visual Areas in Adult and Pediatric Patients with Brain Tumors and Epilepsy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 45(2):139-148, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38164572.
19. Noll, KR, Asman, P, Tasnim, I, Hall, M, Connelly, K, Swamy, CP, Ene, CI, Tummala, S, Grasu, R, Liu, HL, Kumar, VA, Muir, M, Prinsloo, S, Michener, H, Wefel, JS, Ince, NF, Prabhu, SS. Intraoperative language mapping guided by real-time visualization of gamma band modulation electrocorticograms. Neuro-Oncology Practice 11(1):92-99, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38222047.
20. Noll KR, Asman P, Tasnim I, Hall M, Connelly K, Swamy C, Ene C, Tummala S, Grasu RM, Liu HL, Kumar VA, Muir M, Prinsloo S, Michener H, Wefel JS, Ince NF, Prabhu SS. Intraoperative language mapping guided by real-time visualization of gamma band modulation electrocorticograms: Case report and proof of concept. Neuro-Oncology Practice, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
21. Young AL, Kundu S, Tappa KK, Hou P, Liu HL, Kumar VA. Incidence of resting-state functional connectivity to secondary language areas and contralateral language areas in patients with brain tumors. Neuroradiol J:1-8, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37596790.
22. Connelly K, Gurd L, Noll KR, Prabhu S, Kumar VA, Hutcheson KA. A Framework for Integrating Speech-Language Pathology in an Interdisciplinary Awake Craniotomy Program for Brain Tumor Resection. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
23. Pease M, Gersey ZC, Ak M, Elakkad A, Kotrotsou A, Zenkin S, Elshafeey N, Mamindla P, Kumar VA, Kumar AJ, Colen RR, Zinn PO. Pre-operative MRI radiomics model non-invasively predicts key genomic markers and survival in glioblastoma patients. J Neurooncol 160(1):253-263, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36239836.
24. Muir M, Patel R, Traylor J, de Almeida Bastos DC, Prinsloo S, Liu HL, Noll K, Wefel J, Tummala S, Kumar V, Prabhu S. Validation of non-invasive language mapping modalities for eloquent tumor resection: a pilot study. Front Neurosci 16:833073, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35299624.
25. Muir M, Prinsloo S, Michener H, Traylor JI, Patel R, Gadot R, de Almeida Bastos DC, Kumar VA, Ferguson S, Prabhu SS. TMS Seeded Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography Predicts Permanent Neurological Deficits. Cancers (Basel) 14(2), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35053503.
26. Muir M, Prinsloo S, Michener H, Shetty A, de Almeida Bastos DC, Traylor J, Ene C, Tummala S, Kumar VA, Prabhu SS. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) seeded tractography provides superior prediction of eloquence compared to anatomic seeded tractography. Neurooncol Adv 4(1):vdac126, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36128584.
27. Krivosheya D, Rao G, Tummala S, Kumar V, Suki D, Bastos DCA, Prabhu SS. Impact of Multi-modality Monitoring Using Direct Electrical Stimulation to Determine Corticospinal Tract Shift and Integrity in Tumors using the Intraoperative MRI. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 82(4):375-380, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 31659724.
28. Gogia B, Young AL, O'Brien BJ, Okhuysen PC, Kumar VA. Bihemispheric cortical infarcts in an adult secondary to Escherichia coli K1 meningitis. Case Rep Neurol 13(2):572-577, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34720964.
29. Noll KR, Chen HS, Wefel JS, Kumar VA, Hou P, Ferguson SD, Rao G, Johnson JM, Schomer DF, Suki D, Prabhu SS, Liu HL. Alterations in functional connectomics associated with neurocognitive changes following glioma resection. Neurosurgery, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33080024.
30. Bastos DCA, Weinberg J, Kumar VA, Fuentes DT, Stafford J, Li J, Rao G, Prabhu SS. Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in the treatment of brain metastases and radiation necrosis. Cancer Lett 489:9-18, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32504657.
31. Trevino CR, Paulino AC, Kumar VA, Majd N, Penas-Prado M. Radiation-induced central demyelination, report of a rare subacute complication and review of the literature. Journal Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
32. Bastos DCA, Rao G, Oliva ICG, Loree JM, Fuentes DT, Stafford RJ, Beechar VB, Weinberg JS, Shah K, Kumar VA, Prabhu SS. Predictors of Local Control of Brain Metastasis Treated With Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy. Neurosurgery 87(1):112-122, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31539421.
33. Hsu AL, Chen HS, Hou P, Wu CW, Johnson JM, Noll KR, Prabhu SS, Ferguson SD, Kumar VA, Schomer DF, Chen JH, Liu HL. Presurgical resting-state functional MRI language mapping with seed selection guided by regional homogeneity. Magn Reson Med 84(1):375-383, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31793025.
34. Kumar VA, Heiba IM, Prabhu SS, Chen MM, Colen RR, Young AL, Johnson JM, Hou P, Noll K, Ferguson SD, Rao G, Lang FF, Schomer DF, Liu HL. The role of resting-state functional MRI for clinical preoperative language mapping. Cancer Imaging 20((1):47):47, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32653026.
35. Bastos DCA, Fuentes DT, Traylor J, Weinberg J, Kumar VA, Stafford J, Li J, Rao G, Prabhu SS. The Use of Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in the Treatment of Brain Metastases: A Literature Review. Int J Hyperthermia 37(2):53-60, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32672122.
36. Quirarte JA, Kumar VA, Liu HL, Noll KR, Wefel JS, Lang FF. Language supplementary motor area syndrome correlated with dynamic changes in perioperative task-based functional MRI activations: case report. J Neurosurg:1-5, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32502992.
37. Salem U, Kumar VA, Madewell JE, Schomer DF, Bastos DCA, Zinn PO, Weinberg JS, Rao G, Prabhu SS, Colen RR. Neurosurgical applications of MRI guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT). Cancer Imaging 19(1):65, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31615562.
38. Traylor JI, Bastos DCA, Fuentes D, Muir M, Patel R, Kumar VA, Stafford RJ, Rao G, Prabhu SS. Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI in Patients with Brain Metastases Undergoing Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy: A Pilot Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 40(9):1451-1457, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31371353.
39. Hamouda D, Nascimento FA, Weathers SP, Kumar VA. Stroke-like Migraine Attacks after Radiation Therapy (SMART) Syndrome. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 77(3):215, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30970135.
40. Gogia B, Chavali LS, Lang FF, Hayman LA, Rai P, Prabhu SS, Schomer DF, Kumar VA. MRI venous architecture of insula. J Neurol Sci 390:156-161, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29801878.
41. Chen MM, Chen SR, Diaz-Marchan P, Schomer D, Kumar VA. Anterior inferior cerebellar artery strokes based on variant vascular anatomy of the posterior circulation: clinical deficits and imaging territories. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 27(4), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29150242.
42. Economides MP, Ballester LY, Kumar VA, Jiang Y, Tarrand J, Prieto V, Torres HA, Kontoyiannis DP. Invasive mold infections of the central nervous system in patients with hematologic cancer or stem cell transplantation (2000-2016): uncommon, with improved survival but still deadly often. J Infect 75(6), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 28919347.
43. Hsu AL, Hou P, Johnson JM, Wu CW, Noll KR, Prabhu SJ, Ferguson SD, Kumar VA, Schomer DA, Hazle JD, Chen JH, Liu HL. IClinfMRI software for integrating functional MRI techniques in presurgical mapping and clinical studies. Front Neuroinform 12(1), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29593520.
44. Gogia B, Kumar VA, Chavali LS, Ketonen L, Hunter J, Prabhu SS, Schomer D, Hayman LA. MRI venous architecture of the thalamus. J Neurol Sci 370:88-93, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27772794.
45. Davoudi S, Kumar VA, Jiang Y, Kupferman M, Kontoyiannis DP. Invasive mould sinusitis in patients with haematological malignancies: a 10 year single-centre study. J Antimicrob Chemother 70(10):2899-905, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26188039.
46. Shah KB, Hayman LA, Chavali LS, Hamilton JD, Prabhu SS, Wangaryattawanich P, Kumar VA, Kumar AJ. Glial tumors in brodmann area 6: spread pattern and relationships to motor areas. Radiographics 35(3):793-803, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25969935.
47. Shahar T, Rozovski U, Marko NF, Tummala S, Ziu M, Weinberg JS, Rao G, Kumar VA, Sawaya R, Prabhu SS. Preoperative imaging to predict intraoperative changes in tumor-to-corticospinal tract distance: an analysis of 45 cases using high-field intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging. Neurosurgery 75(1):23-30, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24618800.
48. Vabulas M, Kumar VA, Hamilton JD, Martinez JJ, Rao G, Sawaya R, Prabhu SS. Real-time atlas-based stereotactic neuronavigation. Neurosurgery 74(1):128-34; discussion 134, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24089050.
49. Kumar VA, Hamilton J, Hayman LA, Kumar AJ, Rao G, Weinberg JS, Sawaya R, Prabhu SS. Deformable anatomic templates (DAT) improve analysis of gliomas with minimal mass effect in eloquent areas. Neurosurgery 73(3):534-42, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23728447.
50. Munoz J, Kumar VA, Hamilton J, Pasche LJ, Langford LA, Taggart MW, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Tummala S, Moulder S, Kurzrock R. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: more than meets the eye. J Clin Oncol, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23733774.
51. Kumar VA, Shah KB, Ginsberg LE. Perineural tumor spread to the oculomotor (CN III) nerve. J Comput Assist Tomogr 37(4):525-7, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23863527.
52. Shivaprasad S, Shroff G, Kumar VA. Vein of labbe thrombosis by CT and MRI. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 83(12):1168-1169, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22842712.
53. Sweeny S, Kumar VA, Tayar J, Weber D, Safdar A, Alonso C, Hymes S. Case 181: synovitis acne pustulosis hyperostosis osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome. Radiology 263(2):613-617, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22517965.
54. Hayman LA, Kumar VA, Hamilton J, Prabhu SS, Thiebaut de Schotten M, Al-Zubidi N, Pagani J, Vabulas M, Groneman M, Kumar AJ. Deformable anatomic templates embed knowledge into patient's brain images: part 1. Construction and display. J Comput Assist Tomogr 36(3):354-359, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22592623.
55. Hamilton JD, Kumar VA, Hayman LA, Prabhu SS, Hou P, Jackson EF, Groneman M, Pagani J, Vabulas M, Kumar AJ. Deformable anatomic templates embed knowledge into brain images: part 2. Validation using functional magnetic resonance imaging of the motor hand. J Comput Assist Tomogr 36(2):280-284, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22446375.
56. Sweeney SA, Kumar VA, Tayar J, Weber DM, Safdar A, Alonso C, Hymes S. Case 181. Radiology 262(1):361-363, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
57. Kumar VA, Hofstede TM, Ginsberg LE. CT imaging features of obturator prostheses in patients following palatectomy or maxillectomy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 32(10):1926-1929, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21799037.
58. Kumar VA, Knopp EA, Zagzag D. Magnetic resonance dynamic susceptibility-weighted contrast-enhanced perfusion imaging in the diagnosis of posterior fossa hemangioblastomas and pilocytic astrocytomas: initial results. J Comput Assist Tomogr 34(6):825-829, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21084895.
59. Kumar AJ, Leeds NE, Kumar VA, Fuller GN, Lang FF, Milas Z, Weinberg JS, Ater JL, Sawaya R. Magnetic resonance imaging features of pilocytic astrocytoma of the brain mimicking high-grade gliomas. J Comput Assist Tomogr 34(4):601-611, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20657231.
60. Kumar VA, Lewin JS, Ginsberg LE. CT assessment of vocal cord medialization. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 27(8):1643-1646, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16971603.

Review Articles

1. Kamali A, Narayana NP, Loiko A, Gandhi A, Schulz PE, Tandon N, Shah MN, Kumar VA, Kramer LA, Zhu JJ, Sair H, Riascos RF, Hasan KM. The Cortico-Cortical and Subcortical Circuits of the Human Brain Language Centers Including the Dual Limbic and Language Functioning Fiber Tracts. Brain Sci 16(2), 2026. e-Pub 2026. PMID: 41750142.

Editorials

1. Kumar VA. The use of susceptibility-weighted imaging as an indicator of retrograde leptomeningeal venous draining and venous congestion with dural arteriovenous fistula: diagnosis and follow-up after treatment. Neurosurgery 72(1):47-55, 2013.

Abstracts

1. Noll K, Chen H, Bradshaw M, Wefel J, Sullaway C, Thomas A, Kumar VA, Prabhu S, Ho-Ling L. Variability in anxiety and depression symptoms after eloquent glioma resection is associated with changes in functional connectomic properties. Neuro-Oncology 25(5):v248, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
2. Noll K, Bradshaw M, Chen H, Wefel J, Sullaway C, Thomas A, Kumar VA, Prabhu S, Ho-Ling L. Changes in functional connectivity after surgery are associated with decline in functional independence in patients with eloquent glioma. Neuro-Oncology 25(5):v249, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
3. Gogia B, Kumar VA, O'Brien B. Bihemispheric Cortical Infarcts in a Patient with E.Coli Meningitis. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada (In person meeting canceled due to Covid), 2021. e-Pub 2021.
4. Chen H, Kumar VA, Prabhu SS, Noll KR, Ferguson SD, Rao G, Hou P, Johnson JM, H-L L. Simulation of postsurgical functional connectome for presurgical resting-state fMRI: optimization and validation. ISMRM 28th Annual Meeting & Exhibition (Virtual), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
5. Patel R, Muir M, Bastos DCA, Traylor J, Srivatsan A, Tummula S, H-L L, Kumar VA, Prabu S. Validation of Preoperative Language Mapping Modalities: A Comparison of fMRI, nTMS and DCS. 2019 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
6. Trevino CR, Paulino A, Perez-Regadera J, Ruiz-Morales J, Kumar VA, Penas-Prado M. Radiation-Induced Central Demyelination, A Rare Subacute Complication in 2 Cases. The Society of Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
7. Wefel JS, Tortarolo C, Giordano S, Rao V, Sulman E, Hou P, Kumar AJ, Kumar VA, Kesler S. Subcomponent processes underlying learning and memory decline associated with cancer and cancer therapy in women with breast cancer. 2018 International Cognition and Cancer Task Force Conference Program Book, 2018. e-Pub 2018.